Abstract

RIVOLTA, María Clara; OTERO, Clarisa  and  GRECO, Catriel. CHRONOLOGICAL SEQUENCE OF THE PREHISPANIC OCCUPATIONS OF THE CENTRAL SECTOR OF QUEBRADA DE HUMAHUACA (JUJUY, ARGENTINA). Relaciones [online]. 2021, vol.46, n.2, pp.11-20. ISSN 0325-2221.

This work proposes a new chronological sequence for the central sector of Quebrada de Humahuaca (Jujuy, Argentina), structured infive periods that account for the changes and continuitieswithin local populations and the presence of extra-regional groups. Based on a compilation ofall radiocarbon dates published to date, the immediate context of origin was analyzed, whichallowed classifying the data from the information related to the architectural, settlement patternand pottery characteristics considering their level of representativeness in the analyzed regionalsegment. This allowed us to examine the temporal trends of the observablepatterns using Bayesianstatistical modeling and to highlight contemporaneity situations between phenomena previouslyconsidered as successive in time. The structure of this proposal is not meant to offer a closedmodel, but rather to consolidate a work scheme built upon hypotheses based on updated andreliable data that should be tested in future research.

Keywords : temporality; northwestern Argentina; materiality; pre Hispanic processes; bayesian modeling.

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